CMAN 272 EXAM 4 STUDY GUIDE
agnosia - Answer -inability to recognize objects
apraxia - Answer -impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor
function
aphasia - Answer -impairment of language
somatic symptom disorder - Answer -psychological disorder in which the symptoms
take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause
BUN > 18 - Answer -causes dehydration leading to delirium
hypoactive - Answer -depressed and lethargic delirium
hyperactive - Answer -agitated delirium
antipsychotics - Answer -used to treat acute agitation and psychosis with delirium
dementia s/s - Answer -impaired executive functioning
impaired global intellect
impaired problem solving
impaired organizational skills
alzheimers - Answer -type of dementia with amyloid plaques and neurofibril tangles in
the hippocampus
alzheimers - Answer -type of dementia with decreased ACh and increased glutamate
alzheimers - Answer -type of dementia showing scans of: -smaller cortex and
hippocampus
-larger ventricles
mild - Answer -stage of alzheimers with neologisms, memory loss, personality changes,
depression
moderate - Answer -stage of alzheimers with wandering, sundowning, ADL help,
catastrophic rxns, etc
severe - Answer -stage of alzheimers with inability to communicate, self care,
recognize self/others
-risk of aspiration pneumonia, pressure ulcers, UTIs
vascular dementia - Answer -type of dementia with stepwise decline due to stroke
agnosia - Answer -inability to recognize objects
apraxia - Answer -impaired ability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor
function
aphasia - Answer -impairment of language
somatic symptom disorder - Answer -psychological disorder in which the symptoms
take a somatic (bodily) form without apparent physical cause
BUN > 18 - Answer -causes dehydration leading to delirium
hypoactive - Answer -depressed and lethargic delirium
hyperactive - Answer -agitated delirium
antipsychotics - Answer -used to treat acute agitation and psychosis with delirium
dementia s/s - Answer -impaired executive functioning
impaired global intellect
impaired problem solving
impaired organizational skills
alzheimers - Answer -type of dementia with amyloid plaques and neurofibril tangles in
the hippocampus
alzheimers - Answer -type of dementia with decreased ACh and increased glutamate
alzheimers - Answer -type of dementia showing scans of: -smaller cortex and
hippocampus
-larger ventricles
mild - Answer -stage of alzheimers with neologisms, memory loss, personality changes,
depression
moderate - Answer -stage of alzheimers with wandering, sundowning, ADL help,
catastrophic rxns, etc
severe - Answer -stage of alzheimers with inability to communicate, self care,
recognize self/others
-risk of aspiration pneumonia, pressure ulcers, UTIs
vascular dementia - Answer -type of dementia with stepwise decline due to stroke
